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While rainwater collection is a contentious issue in some areas, California is looking to make it a little easier to use your rain barrels as a water source. This week, AB 275, the Rainwater Capture Act of

The topic of Peak Water is always top of mind here at TreeHugger, and we're constantly reading up on the subject, from what exactly "peak water" means, to the implications running out of water will have on humans and ecosystems.

Water rights holders get paid to leave water in streams, businesses pay to clean up water... it sounds too good to be true, yet it's a solution that is already in practice and working today. Rob Harmon of

Circle of Blue has a great interactive infographic showing ten major cities that pump their water from afar. Including San Diego, CA, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, and Tucson, AZ as four of the ten global cities, viewers click around to learn how the

CNN recently reported that an average of 700 water mains break each day nationwide. While 700 might not seem like a lot when looking nationwide, the fact that that number occurs every day turns it into a

Questions such as how much fresh water we have left on Earth, where it is located, and how we can access it are all nearly impossible to answer. However, scientists working on understanding and revealing the

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra announced on Friday 21 January that its campus will discontinue the sale of bottled water by World Water Day (22 March 201). The initiative started by students, assisted by

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Coal tar is an awful thing to deal with. It is a relic by-product from the early 20th century process of carbonizing coal to made coke or gasifying it to make coal gas. The resulting coal tar can have a wide range of substances

An interesting piece from Grist came on the radar, focused on privatization of water supplies, and it's worth a read:
As communities struggle to balance their ever-shrinking budgets, investment firms and large, predominantly foreign companies are

As groundwater supplies dwindle, it's only natural to start digging deeper, hoping to access more water the farther down we go. However, that could lead to some serious problems, as a new study of wells in

Disinfecting water with the sun is an old idea. But students at University of Washington have come up with a clever way of checking whether or not the water being disinfected is finally ready to drink. Using simple